All the US presidents who attended Ivy League universitiesNEWS | 25 August 2025Ivy League alums sat in the White House for 32 uninterrupted years until Joe Biden's presidency.
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Since long before President Donald Trump engaged in a war against Harvard University, the Ivy League has been a breeding ground for world leaders, including many US presidents.
Among the eight Ivy League schools, Harvard has educated the most US presidents — eight — followed by Yale, with five.
On the other hand, a few of the Ivies have not yet seen one of their students go on to become US president: Brown University, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College.
Most presidents in recent US history, including Trump, graduated from an Ivy League school. In fact, from the end of Ronald Reagan's term in 1989 until the beginning of Joe Biden's in 2021, the presidency was occupied by Ivy League alums.
Here's which presidents were Ivy League educated, and where they attended university.Author: Kristine Villarroel. Source
